Jim in Anchorage

But why do you feel it necessary to punish the Innocent with the Hedd aborted cat?

The Michael Phelps bong story wasn't exactly ignored.

You really should work on a new one size fits all phrase. I don't recall "hating" anyone.

Well then they need to clean their house. Pro's are Pro's. If they get 11 million they want 12. There are lot's of people who enjoy seeing dedicated amateur's reach the glory of the Olympics. If their not the "best" who cares?

Agents[or boosters] slipping a car to a prospect against the rules is not the same as official policy.

So nobody watches collage football or basketball, right? They are amateurs so it must suck? To me, pro's in the Olympics are little different than Payton Manning suiting up for a few games to help the Vols win a title. It violates the spirit.

I knew that was coming. But it's a dry cold.

Indeed. Southern most point in Canada being 41 degree's North is a good place to start.

Yeah, the cross country skiers are all looking to get in the pro league's

Name dropper

100% Jobs? BS- 95% of the work force will come from Texas ,Oklahoma, etc pocket their wages and go home. Cooperate profits [enormous] will go to Canada. Alaska is left with a ugly, toxic, nasty mess in a area that was one of the most beautiful places on earth. The only supporters of Pepple I Know are those who stand to line their own pockets.

I see no Indian burns on my arm. It was quite voluntary.

I do that often. I post something, look at it and realize there are 10 people in the world that will find this humorous unless I follow up with 6 pages of notes. Delete.

I thought I admitted it. What do you want, a candy-gram?

Shockingly enough I agree with you. For every millionaire pro you see at the Olympics just for something to add to the trophy case, there is a talented amateur sitting at home that will never get his shot at the limelight.

Please continue. I am not afraid of constructive criticism.

Add to above-words like "biggest" "largest" are media creations . No scientist would use them. You are correct- powerful is the proper terminology.

All you're doing is measuring the deflection of a arm on a seismometer; you could do the same thing holding a fishing pole and measuring the amount the tip whips back and forth. The more rapid[violent] the earth movement's are the more the tip deflects. Rapid movement=power. After all, if the earth raised 10 feet in a month, you would never feel it. 2 feet in a millisecond is massively destructive, and would qualify as "powerful"

richter scale

30 K cross country is the most boring event. It's like watching the N Korean army march.

That attitude will serve you well tomorrow.

1981, in Italy. He was working for ABC at the time, covering it for wide world of sports. John Morgan. I went to school with his youngest brother[not the one that was killed]

Endless Hawaii beach film of nothing happening, all networks. Not even a still photo of Chile.

The CBS bobsled announcer's brother was killed in a bobsled accident. And he was covering the race for the network.

"What was that thump?" "I think I cliped Smith"